1977 VFL Season: Footscray
Season Team Details
Season:
1977 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Home Ground:
Western Oval
(Whitten Oval)
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 10-1-11, P%: 101.4%)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Players:
33
Brownlow Leader(s):
Gary Dempsey (27)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away):
Kelvin Templeton (40)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s):
Gary Dempsey
Team Leaders
Captain(s): Gary Dempsey
Player Results
Player | Guernsey(s) | Match(es) | Round(s) | Goal(s) | Brownlow |
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Abbey, Ross | #30 | 7 | R08-R09, R11-R15 | 0 | |
Blair, Dennis | #16 | 18 | R01-R07, R09-R19 | 7 | |
Collins, Dennis | #15 | 20 | R01-R03, R06-R22 | 5 | |
Dell, Colin | #12 | 5 | R01, R13-R16 | 0 | |
Dempsey, Gary | #24 | 19 | R01-R04, R06-R10, R12, R14-R22 | 5 | |
Dinatale, Jack | #34 | 1 | R22 | 0 | |
Dunstan, Ian | #32 | 22 | R01-R22 | 15 | |
Edmond, Jim | #20 | 16 | R02-R03, R05-R09, R13-R14, R16-R22 | 14 | |
Fleming, Phil | #19 | 3 | R05, R10, R17 | 0 | |
Foreman, Wayne | #42 | 10 | R07, R09, R15-R22 | 6 | |
Gieschen, Jeff | #27 | 4 | R03-R04, R17, R20 | 0 | |
Hampshire, Ian | #1 | 17 | R01-R11, R13-R15, R19, R21-R22 | 18 | |
Huppatz, Ray | #7 | 19 | R01-R09, R13-R22 | 17 | |
Jennings, Geoff | #25 | 21 | R01-R19, R21-R22 | 34 | |
Johnson, Matt | #41 | 2 | R12, R20 | 0 | |
Kelly, Mick | #11 | 9 | R01, R05-R11, R20 | 1 | |
Linke, Graeme | #44 | 1 | R10 | 0 | |
Low, Ian | #28 | 16 | R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R19 | 20 | |
Morrison, Ian | #8 | 16 | R01-R08, R12, R16-R22 | 25 | |
Munro, Peter | #10 | 7 | R01, R04-R05, R13, R19, R21-R22 | 4 | |
Murrie, Richard | #26 | 19 | R02-R04, R07-R22 | 0 | |
Perussich, Lee | #23 | 14 | R01-R08, R10-R14, R21 | 2 | |
Power, Stephen | #21 | 18 | R02-R15, R18, R20-R22 | 2 | |
Quinlan, Bernie | #2 | 22 | R01-R22 | 27 | |
Reid, Bruce | #5 | 16 | R05-R13, R15-R20, R22 | 9 | |
Reid, John | #33 | 12 | R10-R13, R15-R22 | 1 | |
Sandilands, Laurie | #9 | 12 | R01-R02, R04-R06, R13-R18, R20 | 19 | |
Smedts, Alby | #17 | 11 | R10-R12, R14, R16-R22 | 0 | |
Stoneham, Alan | #3 | 21 | R01-R12, R14-R22 | 12 | |
Templeton, Kelvin | #31 | 9 | R01-R06, R09-R11 | 40 | |
Welsh, Peter | #4 | 13 | R01-R12, R21 | 6 | |
Wheeler, Terry | #35 | 22 | R01-R22 | 2 | |
Whitten, Ted | #22 | 18 | R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R16, R18-R22 | 18 |
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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.
Coach Results
Coach | Match(es) (W-D-L) | Round(s) | |||
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Goggin, Bill | 22 | 10 | -1- | 11 | R01-R22 |
Match Results
Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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02/04/1977 | Round 1 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COL by 11 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
11/04/1977 | Round 2 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOO by 21 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
16/04/1977 | Round 3 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | FOO by 28 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
23/04/1977 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NOR by 35 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
30/04/1977 | Round 5 | St Kilda | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Bill Goggin | unknown |
07/05/1977 | Round 6 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FOO by 100 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
14/05/1977 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HAW by 70 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
21/05/1977 | Round 8 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RIC by 19 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
28/05/1977 | Round 9 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SOU by 19 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
04/06/1977 | Round 10 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOO by 37 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
11/06/1977 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CAR by 49 | Bill Goggin | unknown |
18/06/1977 | Round 12 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COL by 33 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
25/06/1977 | Round 13 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOO by 51 | Bill Goggin | unknown |
02/07/1977 | Round 14 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NOR by 17 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
09/07/1977 | Round 15 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FIT by 18 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
16/07/1977 | Round 16 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FOO by 20 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
23/07/1977 | Round 17 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOO by 17 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
30/07/1977 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HAW by 14 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
06/08/1977 | Round 19 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOO by 28 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
13/08/1977 | Round 20 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SOU by 23 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
20/08/1977 | Round 21 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | FOO by 17 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
27/08/1977 | Round 22 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FOO by 18 | Bill Goggin | Gary Dempsey |
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